He himself must have been disguised as well.

Otherwise, the team wouldn't have treated him like that.

Who is this man?

What is the purpose of impersonating him?

The team leader racked his brains but still couldn't figure out where the other side had come from.

When he stopped for lunch, he tried to give his confidant a meaningful look, revealing the truth.

The usually quick-witted confidant acted like a fool, not only failing to receive the message he was trying to convey, but also throwing him a chicken bone.

"Hungry? No meat, but plenty of bones, go ahead and gnaw on them."

Team leader: "..."

Once he gets away, he'll definitely kick this idiot out of the team!

After the meal, he was left with a body full of bones.

The man didn't even glance at him, let alone offer him anything to eat.

However, he did discover that the man's relationship with the court lady named Aman from the Agu tribe was unusual.

The man tore the chicken leg apart and gave it to Ah Man to eat!

A thought flashed through his mind in an instant.

Could the man be Ah Man's lover?

But if that person had that ability, why didn't he take Ah Man away? Instead, he impersonated Ah Man and led her to the capital. What was his motive?

He was completely baffled.

After lunch, the man led his cavalry on their way until sunset, when they finally found a grove of trees to rest.

The cavalrymen slept like logs at night. The man took Ah Man away from the camp and interrogated him.

He then understood why the other party had spared his life.

—In order to extract more information!

He guessed correctly; Yi Shuihan was keeping him around precisely to extract information.

After the interrogation, he said to Xiao Qingyin, "It seems we need to meet up with Yelü Ang tomorrow. He's in charge of coordinating this selection of imperial concubines."

Xiao Qingyin asked curiously, "What kind of person is Yelü Ang?"